Tag: Immigration
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Colorado officials launch investigation into ICE encounter during Durango protest
The Colorado Bureau of Investigation is investigating an immigration officer accused of shoving a woman to the ground during a protest in Durango, the agency announced on Thursday. The protest was sparked outside of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement office in Durango on Monday after a father and his two children were taken by immigration…
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Denver ICE leader purged by Trump administration
EXCLUSIVE — The Trump administration has begun to purge Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials in offices in five major U.S. cities and fill some of those top posts with senior Border Patrol agents, who will take over interior immigration enforcement in those regions, according to five sources familiar with the plans. ICE leaders in Denver, Los Angeles, Philadelphia,…
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Judge orders noncitizen released from immigration detention, finds government misapplied law
A federal judge concluded the government was likely wrong to detain a noncitizen without the chance for a release hearing, and ordered him to be let out of immigration custody on Friday. At the same time, U.S. District Court Judge Regina M. Rodriguez declined to green-light Nestor Esai Mendoza Gutierrez’s request to turn his lawsuit…
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EDITORIAL: Swift justice displeases a Colorado federal judge
The Trump administration ordered payroll cuts to the bloated federal bureaucracy, and Colorado sued. The administration tried to rein in a runaway budget by paring funding for public broadcasters — which Congress ultimately carried out — and Colorado sued again. And just this week, a prominent, left-leaning Colorado federal judge lashed out at President Trump’s…
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ACLU sues Trump administration over ICE arrests in Colorado
The ACLU of Colorado has sued the Trump administration, alleging that Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials carried out unlawful, warrantless arrests as part of a broad effort to detain immigrants living in the United States without legal status. The lawsuit was brought on behalf of a legal permanent resident, a “Dreamer” brought to the country…
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Utah violinist’s deportation drama officially over
John Shin was detained for more than two weeks while working a side telecom job at Fort Carson The deportation saga of Utah violinist John Shin, who was recently detained in Aurora for more than two weeks, ended quietly and happily for Shin and his family on Wednesday when the government essentially dropped its interest…
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Federal judge to government: Shutdown not an excuse for delaying noncitizen’s challenge to detention
A federal judge rejected the government’s request last week to extend the deadlines in an immigration-related case due to the lapse in congressional funding, reminding the U.S. Department of Justice that constitutional rights are at stake. “The Government is constitutionally obligated to provide due process to Petitioner,” wrote U.S. District Court Judge Gordon P. Gallagher…
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Lawsuit dropped against Mesa County deputy accused of helping ICE make immigration arrests
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A Mesa County judge agreed to dismiss a lawsuit from the Colorado’s Attorney General against a Mesa County deputy, Alexander Zwinck, who was accused of breaking state laws to help U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detain a person. “Any pending motions are deemed moot,…
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DEA, ICE raid raises legal questions
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The battering ram that tore through the Denver apartment door of Felicia Gurule’s family friend, “Pops,” left more than a mangled lock and splintered wood. It triggered questions in some quarters about constitutional boundaries of immigration raids — as well as defense by others of…
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Federal judge orders release hearing for torture victim in ‘abhorrent’ immigration custody
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A federal judge on Friday found a “real risk” that the government would try to unlawfully deport a man who was tortured in his home country, and ordered a hearing to determine if he should…